April 2012

04/27/2012

At Cinemacon, MTV caught up with 20th Century Fox's Tom Rothman, who answered a few more questions about the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes, most notably that the determination is for the film to come out in 2014 (if it's ready) and that right now the script is of primary concern.

04/26/2012

Although 20th Century Fox's option on his services for the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes takes precedence, it seems that director Rupert Wyatt has nonetheless lined up his next project to follow the next stage in the simian take over of Earth. He and actress Charlize Theron (seen most recently in Young Adult and to be seen June 1st in Snow White and the Huntsman as the Evil Queen) have interested Universal in their concept for Agent 13. Virtually nothing is known about this project, except that it is rumored to be sci-fi. With a name like Agent 13, however, one has to wonder if it's some sort of futuristic spy film (which is nothing but pure conjecture).

Today at Cinemacon in Las Vegas, 20th Century Fox made headlines with Tom Rothman's announcement that the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes was officially a go, with Coming Soon.net postulating that the film could be in theatres by next year (though what this conjecture is based on isn't quite clear). While it's nice to hear the official word, it's also not surprising in the least: it's already been released that Andy Serkis had been signed to reprise his role of Caesar, Rupert Wyatt would be returning as direct and that the script was already being worked on by the returning Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver. So no great revelations here, but welcome news nonetheless.